Marcis Auto Racing
Owner(s) | Dave Marcis |
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Series | Winston Cup Series |
Race drivers | Dave Marcis Jim Sauter Mike Alexander |
Sponsors | Prodigy Internet Realtree Outdoors |
Manufacturer | Chevrolet, Dodge |
Opened | 1969 |
Closed | 2003 |
Career | |
Drivers' Championships | 0 |
Race victories | 1 |
Marcis Auto Racing is a former NASCAR Winston Cup team. It was owned and operated by former NASCAR driver Dave Marcis.[1]
Winston Cup
[edit]The highlight of Marcis' career as an owner-driver was winning at the old Richmond Fairgrounds in 1982 driving a very un-raceable looking 71 Chevy Malibu, sponsored by J. D. Stacy.[2] Marcis was a lap down, but made up the lap when the race leader Joe Ruttman spun out and Marcis passed him.[2] All three drivers that were ahead of Marcis pitted and he assumed the lead as it began to rain.[2] The race was called complete as darkness set in, and Marcis was declared the winner.[2] Marcis described the win, "I wasn't praying for rain, but I told the guys when I got out of the car (during the break before the race was canceled) that if the good Lord wanted to help an independent, this was his chance."[2] "It was one of my greatest moments in racing," Marcis said. "I had even built my own engine for that race."[2]
Motorsports career results
[edit]Grand National Series
[edit](key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
Car No. 2/30 results
[edit]NASCAR Grand National Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | NGNC | Pts | |
1969 | Dave Marcis | 30 | Dodge | MGR | MGY | RSD | DAY | DAY | DAY | CAR | AUG | BRI | ATL | CLB | HCY | GPS | RCH | NWS 24 | MAR | AWS | DAR | BLV | LGY | CLT | MGR | SMR | MCH 19 | KPT | GPS | NCF | DAY | DOV | TPN | TRN | BLV | BRI | NSV | SMR | ATL | MCH | SBO | BGS | AWS | DAR | HCY | RCH | TAL | CLB | MAR | NWS | CLT | SVH | AUG | CAR | JFC | MGR | TWS | |||
1970 | RSD 14 | DAY | DAY 23 | DAY 10 | RCH 13 | CAR 6 | SVH 5 | ATL 31 | BRI 11 | TAL 17 | NWS 20 | CLB 17 | DAR 32 | BLV 5 | LGY 9 | CLT 17 | SMR 5 | MAR 33 | MCH 9 | RSD 34 | HCY 3 | KPT 3 | GPS 20 | DAY 22 | AST 3 | TPN 6 | TRN | BRI 23 | SMR 15 | NSV 10 | ATL 29 | CLB | ONA | MCH 39 | TAL 32 | BGS | SBO | DAR DNQ | HCY | RCH | DOV 23 | NCF | NWS | CLT 36 | MAR 25 | MGR | CAR 32 | LGY | ||||||||||||
1971 | 2 | RSD | DAY 9 | DAY | DAY 25 | ONT | RCH 5 | CAR 34 | HCY 10 | BRI 11 | ATL 11 | CLB | GPS 4 | SMR 21 | NWS | MAR 4 | DAR 3 | SBO 27 | CLT 9 | DOV | MCH 9 | RSD | HOU | GPS | DAY 34 | BRI | AST 2 | ISP | TRN 4 | NSV | ATL 39 | BGS | ONA | MCH | TAL | CLB | HCY 16* | DAR | MAR 18 | CLT | DOV | CAR 28 | MGR | RCH | NWS 4 | TWS 40 | ||||||||||||||
Bill Seifert | TAL 12 | ASH | KPT |
Winston Cup Series
[edit]Car No. 2/02/71 results
[edit]Car No. 72 results
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Dave Marcis: NASCAR's last winning engine builder/Driver". 5 September 2012.
- ^ a b c d e f Grubba, Dale (2000). The Golden Age of Wisconsin Auto Racing. Oregon, Wisconsin: Badger Books. pp. 227–228. ISBN 1-878569-67-8.
External links
[edit]- Marcis Auto Racing owner statistics at Racing-Reference